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    Old age doth in sharp pains abound;
    We are belabored by the gout,
    Our blindness is a dark profound,
    Our deafness each one laughs about.
    Then reason's light with falling ray
    Doth but a trembling flicker cast.
    Honor to age, ye children pay!
    Alas! my fifty years are past!

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Only the young die good.

Only the young die good.

by Cynic's Calendar Found in: Age Quotes,
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Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.

Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.

by Truman Capote Found in: Age Quotes,
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Life begins at 40 -- but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story read more

Life begins at 40 -- but so do fallen arches, rheumatism, faulty eyesight, and the tendency to tell a story to the same person, three or four times.

by William Feather Found in: Age Quotes,
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Old age comes at a bad time. -San Banducci.

Old age comes at a bad time. -San Banducci.

by San Banducci Found in: Age Quotes,
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And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his
eye was not dim, nor his read more

And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his
eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.

by Bible Found in: Age Quotes,
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What is the worst of woes that wait on age?
What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow?
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What is the worst of woes that wait on age?
What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow?
To view each love one blotted from life's page,
And be alone on earth as I am now.

by George Gordon Noel Byron Found in: Age Quotes,
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It is always in season for old men to learn.

It is always in season for old men to learn.

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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.

by Walter Scott Found in: Age Quotes,
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In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's read more

In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day's long.

by Pope Paul Vi Found in: Age Quotes,
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